Bottle-soaking machine.



A. H. WEE-[MILLER & J. W. DAWSON.

BOTTLE SOAKING MACHINE. APPLICATION II-LED MAE.10, 1910.

Patented Jan,17,1911.

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APPLIOATION FILED MAR 10. 1910.

Patented Jan. 17, 1911.

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ALFRED H. WEHMILLER- AND JOSEPH W. DAV/EON,

PA'TiliilldT ffh iililll Louis, :arsso ASSIGNORS TO BARRY-WEHMILLER timer-nanny CQJLPAN T. LOUIS, MISSOURI, A- con-- PORATION.

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Application. filed March 10, 1910. Serial No. 548,496.

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of the runway by a Be it known that we, ALFRED H. VEH- MILLER and JosnPH :V.

the United States of America, residing in dcnly into the rinsing tank and striking the city of St. Louis, in the State of Mis- Y i'orcihlv a uinst the bottles which accumw' souri, have invented certain new and useful l w In the rinsing tank. The stop member lm )rovements in BOttlG-SOtIlUU Machines t E is )reierabl a rod 10 11101 bv a coverof which the following is a full, complete, lngll, that may be oi rubber or other yieldand exact description, reference being had 3 mg material. The rod has threaded ends to the accom ianvin drawin s fol-min i which Jass throu h arms ,12.' lhe arms 12 l o a: a? a i a:

part of this specification. are carried by a rock sha'l't 13 and the rod Gur invention relates to that class of ma- 10 is secured to the arms by nuts 14-. A belt crank lever 15'secured to the rock shaft 13 has an arm l5" which cooperates with a cam or finger 10. 17 is a weight connected to the bell crank 15 for the purpose of retain-' ingthe arm 15 in engagement with the cam 16. j

lVhen the machine is in operation, the shaft 18 is rotated by any suitable "means and rotary motion is imparted to the cam 16 by a gear Wheel 19, meshing with a pinion 20 on the cam shalt The cam 16 rotates continuously and moves in unison with the carrier B, the parts being so timed that the stop member E occupies the position shown in Fig. I when bottles are discharged from the carrier, and, after serving as a stop for the bottles, said member moves to the position shown in Fig. II, where it will allow the bottles to enter the rinsing tank or re ceiver. The stop member 16 restored to its normal position by the weight 17, when the cam moves to the position shown in Fig. I.

We claim:

1. A machine of the character described, comprising a bottle carrier, means for moviug said carrier, a runway adapted to receive bottles discharged from said carrier, a yielding stop member extending across said runway and adapted to'receive the ends of the bottles. a rock shaft extemling across the under side ol' the runway, arms connecting said stop member to the rock shaft, an operating arm secured to the rock shaft, a retatable finger adapted to actuate said operating arm, and means for causing the said finger to move in unison with the carrier.

2. A machine of the character described, comprising a bottle carrier, means for moving said carrier. a runway adapted to receive bottles discharged from said carrier, a yielding stop member extending across said runway and adapted to receive the ends of the bottles, said stop member being comchines wherein bottles are cleansed, or other wise operated on. Y

The object of the invention is to provide an attachment for a machine of this character that will prevent the bottles from being cracked or broken as they are discharged" from the machine.

\Ve have herein shown the attachment applied to a bottle soaking machine, provided with a carrier which discl'iarges bottles on a chute leading to a rinsing tank, the movements of the discharged bottles. being temporarily stopped at a point adjacent to the lower end of the chute and thereby caused to move slowly into the adjacent rinsing tank.

Figure I is a side elevation, partly in section of our machine. Fig. II a detail view showing the stop member moved to a position to allow the bottles to pass into the rinsing tank. Fig. Ill is an enlarged horizontal section taken on line 1Illll, Fig. I. Fig. lV is an enlarged cross section of the stop member.

in the accompanying drawings:-.\ indicates a tank containing cleansing liquid, through which a bottle carrier 13 passes. The carrier B comprises bottle holders 1 secured to sprocket chains 2 mounted on sprocket wheels 3, at and 5. The bottles are ii'itroduced into the carrier at C and discharged therefrom at D at'ter being moved through the liquid in tank A. The frames (3 mounted on tank A have secured to them I and III), that direct the sprocket chains 2 and cause the bottle holders to tilt and discharge the bottles onto an inclined runway 8 leading to a. rinsing tank or receiver 9. To prevent the bottles from striking each other, the inclined runway S is provided with division members 8.

The bottles discharged onto the runway S Dawson, citizens of i la and thereby prevented from entering sudposed of a rod and a tubular cushion sur- 1 said finger to move in unison with the carrounding said rod; a rock shaft extending rier. across the under side of the runway, arms ALFRED H. WVEHMILLER,

connecting said stop member to the rock shaft, J OSEPH V. DAWVSON. an operating arm secured to the rock shaft, In the presence ofa rotatable finger adapted to actuate said HOWARD G. COOK,

operating arm, and means for causing the EDNA B. LINN. 

